The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-05

senator FRYE declared tIat the au-
mails Of history even oi The Fit Islands
might he searched without Hndiug
asses Of outrages so brutal aud iuhu-
name. All these cases. lie said. bad
been brought 10 the attention of tae
British Government There wasnol a
line in tie history Of England for tle
last 300 years that gaye tHr slightest
eason to believe that ia the pursuit of
sau, ia the pursuit oj trade. Size would
yer permit the right OF another TO
tand iu The way OF her progress. SOFA
.tor Morgan thoaght the law conld ne
enacted without blood thirsty threats,
and senator Vest advised caution
When the eau OF woman came nap
Us the Senate Tuesday, there were
about a hundred ladies' from all partsof
'Ie country leaders in the woman sut-
rage movemeHt-in the Senate gallery
arNiously awaiting the result. Seua-
tor Blair, OF New Hampshire, womaH'a
est Senatorial friend, had pr tr ,do
make an effort to get the question Up
-or debate at this hour. The pet meas
IRE Of several Senators were in The way
as unfinished husinessS1ut they gal
iantly voted against theiF0wn bills m
ayor OF the ladies. Senator Beck was
ne of these. lie had intended to
1ring up his bill preventing members
Z Congress from acting as attorneys
n railroads, and he mentioned tina. a
distinguished lady Miss Anthony had
ent in for him three times the ltIy he
ore, and he had refused to 20 out and
SIC her because be knew he would be
Unable to refuse wha5 she would ask.
lie knew she would ask him To waive
lie claims of his Important question in
favor Of heFs.
The woman are not asking Congress
% let them vote, as Congress has not
Jiat power. They ask Congress to agree
chat tho following proposed amend
mept TO the constitution may be sub
mdted To the various State Legislatures.
The right Of citizens of the United
etates to vote shall not be denied on ac-
count of sex. Congress shall have
power, ny appropriate legislation, to
enforce the provisions Of this article.
Half a dozen Senators made short
speeches for and against woman suf
frage. and then by a vote of "a to Is
the proposed amendment was again ne
iected. The disappointed ladies in the
gallery repaired Immediately to the Met
ropolitan Church. where they opened
their nineteenth annual convention ia
Washington. There they discussed
man in general and the lawmakers of
the United States in particular in Ian
guage suitable to theig outraged feel
ings.
1t was sad to ses Miss Anthony, that
grim resolute veteran of wo1nan's right
for woman, lust a little discouraged.
After waiting and working so hard for
forty ye9rs, she acknowledged ,hat tie
promised land seemed yet II long way
off. She knew that woman must have
all her rights in time, but there was NO
telling how long she would have TO
wait.
Mrs. Shattuck. Of Massachusetts,,
who is "A fine speaker wish a fine voice,
thinks it will lie at least twenty years
before all the woman of the United
States will lie able to vote. She divides
the woman who do not want to vote in
to six classes: First, the |prejudiced;
second. the uniformed; third, those
who are afraid Of their gentlemen
friends; fourth those %WhoahTays shirk
their duties; fifth those who shrink
from new duties because they fear
their inability to perform them well
and sixth, those who fear the influence
of the ballot Oh immoral classes of
woman, and who think there is too
much voting already.
She gave an eloquent account of the
| good women are doing in temperance,
in labor unions, in lifting up the de-
graded everywhere, and closed her
speech by an earnest appeal directly to
her audience, to enlist under the ban
! ner Of those who ask for the ballot.
S. c.